“This game is as much a Texas tradition as cowboy boots and barbeque,” Guillen, an A&M graduate, told the Tribune. “The purpose of the bill is to put the eyes of Texas upon our two greatest universities to restore this sacred Texas tradition.”

Last season, Texas played new Big 12 foe TCU on Thanksgiving weekend. Texas was the ire of the league when it created the Longhorn Network and ultimately, UT’s insistence on having its own network ran the Aggies off.

House Bill 778 goes as far to suggest that if the game does not occur, the universities could face penalties such as scholarship restrictions.

“I think the people of Texas want a game, and we’re trying to get them one,” Guillen told the Tribune.